Fireplace closure



Nov. 27, 1923. 1,475,886

B. F. ROWE FIREPLACE CLOSURE Filed March 12. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l Nov.27 1923. 1,475,886

) B. F. ROWE FIREPLACE CLOSURE Filed larch 12, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 3hatented Nov. 27, 1923.

UNITED STATES A ENT orrica.

FIREPLACE CLOSURE.

Application filed March 12, 1923. Serial No. $24,407.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Bnnrono FRANK Rown, a citizen of the United States,residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire.

place 'Closures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable anyone skilled in the art to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to improvements in means for closing an ordinaryopen fire place and more especially relates to means which arepermanently hinged to the frame surrounding the fire place whereby theclosure means may be moved out of the way to permit the ,use of the fireplace and yet at the same time be in position whereby it can he quicklymoved into place to close and seal the fire place opening.v

The objects of my invention are to provide suitable means, first, forclosing and tightly sealing the fire place opening when the same is notin use. Second, to provide means for ventilating the closure means sothat a fire may he started and the fire place opening reclosed, yetsuficient ventilation be furnished to get the fire under wayhefore theclosure means is thrown open to allow the fire to warm the room. Third,to provide means for swinging the closure means from their positionclosing the fire place, to one leaving the fire place entirely open andat the same time, keeping the ornamental side oi. the closing meansalways outward. Fourth, to provide means of permanently attaching theclosure means to the fire place frame in all positions.

ll accomplish these objects as will he more fully hereinafter set out inthe drawings,

specifications and claims.

lln the drawings to which reference is now made,

Fig.1, is a view of an ordinary fire place showing my closure meansinstalled thereon.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of a portion of the fire place openingshowing the closure means partially open. I

Fig. 3, is a horizontal section through the front of a fire placeopening showing the same in section and the closure means in plan. I

Fig. 4., is a vertical section through the fireplace opening and one ofthe doors.

Fig. 5, is a horizontal section through one of the doors on the line V-Vof Fig. i.

Referringnow to the drawings in which the various parts are indicated bythe same numerals in all the views, 7 are doors each adapted to coverone-half of a fire place opening. 8 is a tramesurroundin the fire placeopening to which frame t e doors may be attached through an intermediatemember, preferably in the form of a U shaped arm 5, which is attached byhinges 9 to the said frame 8 and is also pivotally attached to the doors7 by means of pins 6 which turn in sockets l0 firmly attached to thesaid doors 7 near their vertical center. The doors 7 are each providedwith a knob 11 by which they may he opened or closed and when closed areheld in place by a latch a. The outer face of the' door 7' may heornamented in any desired manner, a plain panelled efiect being shown.The

ack of the door is preferably provided with a fire plate or back 2,which is spaced apart from the face of the door with an air spacetherebetween to prevent overheating and war ing. The lower portion ofthe door is pre erahly provided with ventilating openings 12 which maybe closed by a shutter which is also provided with openings 13 adaptedto register with the openings 12 and provide an air passagetherethrough. 3 is a knob by which the plate 2 may be shifted toclosethese ventilating openings. it are openings through the fire plate2 also near the bottom thereoi' which openings provide a passage way forair passing through the openings 12 and 13 and thereby give suitabledraft when the doors are closed to permit a fire to get under way heterothe doors are thrown open.

To open the doors, the latch a is pushed to one side and the doorspulled open by means of the hobs ll. As these doors are pulled open,they are turned around the pins 6 at the same time that the arms 5 areswinging on the hinges 9 and are therehy kept with the ornamental faceoutward and the fire back 2 toward the wall. When fully opened it willbe seen that the said doors 7 are adapted to rest flat against the wallon each side of the fire place with the ornamental side outward.

It will also he seen that these doors are permanently attached to thefire place and yet free to open and close.

It will be also seen that the various details are illustrative only andthat various alternate details may be substituted for those shown.

It will especially be noted that the term hinges, as used in the claimscoversnot only the form of hinge 9, but also other forms such as the pin6 andsocket 10, and it will further be noted that while the hinge 9 isof such size and location that it brings the inner side of the dooragainst a wall substantially flush with the frame 8, that this hinge canbe enlarged or shifted to throw the door further outward should thenecessity arise.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent in the United States is 1. A fire placeprovided with permanently attached closure means comprising a framesurrounding the said fire place, doors, intermediate members, hingesconnecting said members to the sides of the said frame, and hingesconnecting the said members to the inner face of the said doorsintermediate their width, whereby said doors maybe moved from a positionclosing said opening to a position against the wall adjacent said fireplace, with their faces outward.

2. A fire place provided with permanently attached closure meanscomprising doors, intermediate members, hinges connecting the saidintermediate members to the sides of the fire place and hingesconnecting the said members to the inner face of the said doorsintermediate their width, whereby said doors may be moved from aposition closing said opening to a position against the wall adjacentsaid fire place, with their faces outward.

3. A fire place provided with permanently attached closure meanscomprising a frame surrounding the said fire place, doors, havingventilating openings thereto,

shutters therefor intermediate members,

4. A fire "place provided with .permanently attached closure meanscomprising a frame surrounding the said fire place, doors, a latch tohold said doors closed and intermediate members pivotally attached tothe sides of the said frame and to the inner face of the said doorsintermediate their width, whereby said doors may be moved from aposition closing said opening to a position against the wall adjacentsaid fire place, with-their faces outward.

5. A fire place provided with permanently attached closure meanscomprising a frame surrounding the said fire place. doors having anornamental outer face and an inner fire back, and intermediate membershinged to the sides of the said frame and to the inner face of the saiddoors intermediate their width, whereby said doors may be moved from aposition closing said opening to a position againstthe Wall adjacentsaid fire place, with their ornamental faces outward.

6. In a fire place closure, a frame adapted to surround the fire place,vU shaped arms, hinges connecting the bottom of the said U to the saidframe, doors pivotally attached to the ends of the said arms and adaptedwhen shut to close the said fire place and when open to swing flatagainst the walls surrounding the said fire place with the face of thesaid doors outward.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name.

BEDFORD FRANK ROWE. Witnesses F. E. NOLEN,

LAMAR HEISKELL.

